Hot water bottle cover



March 2, 1937.

W. H. MAY

HOT WATER BOTTLE COVER Filed OCT.. 24, 1934 INVENTOR Paridad Mai. 2, i937 t Hilill viliii'lillllt il'lll'ltlli @@WER waiter ri. may, reinem Manor, n. r.

.appiication iietober 2d, i934, Serial No. 'Melito Y llilllairn, (iUll, 128W-25d) li/ly present invention relates to not water botmuslin, satin or the lilre. 'lihe members iti and tles and more particularly to an improved re, ilI are quilted together by the lines of stitching movable cover for the same. j iii which preferably form an ornamental` design My invention is designed notl only4 as apron on the outer covering material li. The inner cel- 5 tective covering for a hot waterbottle, whichv lular layer it as wellas theinner lining it 5 hot Water bottle is ordinarily made of 'derible extends to the limit of the outer covering mafrubber, but also as a means for conserving the terial il, and all such layers of material hav heat when the hot water bottle is filled with hot lng the saine general outline as the hot water water. Also, the cover is removable in order bottle iti. .also the design for the quilting exthat the water bottle may be filled or emptied vtends not only on the main body portion or the m without injury to the cover and for thepur outer material i'i but also on the neclr portion, pose of permitting the cover to be washed or which is likewise at its open edge pinlred" or cleansed at any time desired. scalloped es indicated by the reference niuneral ,The object of my invention is a relatively light, it. quickly removable and heat conserving cover risstated above, the cover elementsare stitch is ing for hot water bottles. together along the meeting 'edges as indicated In the accompanying drawing, by the reference numeral it in ii. 'it will be Fig. 1 is a perspective view oi' a hot water l noted, however, that such stitching iii does not bottle cover made according to my present in-u entend along the lower edges oi material iii, iii vention; and ill. To such lower' edges however are atu 20 Fig. 2 is a; perspective view or my improved tached the closing members iii and ii, which cover for hot water bottles showing the lower end have mounted thereon the well known commerthereof opened and a hot water bottlevpartially cial form oi slide fastener il and which slide `inserted within the cover; :fastener elements are moved into and out oi Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my improved hot engagement with each other by the usual slider water bottle cover showing the neclr. thereof and it. 25 with a. hot water bottle in position therein, on The material composing the members it, it an emerged scale, and and il, as st-ated above, is fabric and therefore Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line i-t oi slightly extensible. The cover members it, iii

Fig. l, on an enlarged scale. and i'i are extended upwardly from their body 30 Referring to the drawing, it designates the portion and shaped to provide a restricted necir usual hotwater bottle of rubber, or other like portion and an upwardly flared openmouth poriiexible elastic material having an ordinary oval tion it. Thus, the necls portion oi the cover apshaped body il, on which is integrally :formed preaches in diameter the neclr portion of the hot an open ended outwardly haring neck portion it. water bottle it, so that when the hot water bottle 35 The junction between the neck it and body it is inserted within the cover above described, il is provided with the usual internally screw the open flaring neclr ii oi the hot water bottle threaded opening (not shown) closed by a rei will be substantially housed within the open movable screw-threaded plug iii, such plug iii haring mouth and restricted necli; portion of the 4,0 when in position being below the upper open cover. When the hot Water bottle it is so posiend of the neck li. toned completely within the limits of the cover,

The cover forming the subject matter oi my the slider di, upon being moved to the right from present invention and enclosing the water bottle the position shown in iiig. 2 to the position above described, is made in two parts or sides shown in Fig. '.i, will completely house and config sewn together along their meeting edges iii, and ceal the hot water bottle within the cover. each of the edges has the same general contour The quilting of the two outer layers ci ma as the hot water bottle it. The sides of the terial it, il, and the attachment or the resultant cover are each preferably composed of an inner composite layer to the inner layer iii around the lining i5, of any suitable material such as iabric, edges thereof only, will result in a cover which on the outside of which is placed an enclosing will be heat insulating, and therefore will result 5@ envelope composed of a layer of cellular fabric 'in conserving the heat oi the material within material, such as batting it, and which layer is the hot water bottle. l

faced on its outside surface with an outer coverm it will be observed that the formed neclr portion w ing oi' fabric il, such fabric ii i'or purposes oi ci the cover attains natwise, i. e., in continuous sg utility and ornament being preferably termed oi tace to tace engagement oi cover materiai with the material of the container of the heating medium, thereby effecting uniformity oi heat distribution about the neck portion as well as through the body of the cover, ai'iording a smooth exterior surface of the cover with enhanced comfort when placed in contact with the person of the user, and imparting artistic appearance to the cover as a whole.

'I'he cover may be readily removed from the hot water bottle Il so that during the emptying or refining of the hot water bottle there will be no danger oi! the cover becoming wet. Should it be desired to wash or cleanse the cover the same may be removed from the hot water bottle and washed in the 4usual manner. l

The open mouth portion of the cover permits access to the closure plug of the hot water bottle while enclosed within the cover, to atlord discharge of water or equivalent in whole or in part. and possibly for introducing water or equivalent heating medium, without removal ofthe bottle from the cover.

It is apparent that the openingat the bottom of the cover may beclosed byclosure means other than of the slideiistener type. The opening at the bottom of thelcoveris advantageous in the use o! an electrically heated type o! heating device, in that passage of the electrical cord or wiring is readily had through such opening notwithportions of the hot water bottle, the neck portion of the casing having an outwardly flared open.y

mouth providing access to the bottle neck and closure plug thereof for the purpose of adding to or releasing water from the bottle while the latter is maintained within the casing, and the body portion ot the casing being provided with an openingat its bottom providing for the insertion and withdrawal of the hot water bottle, said neck and ared mouth portions oi' the casing being operative to position the bottle within the cover upon such insertion, and means for closing and opening thebottom opening.

WALTER H. MAY.

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